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Tag Archives: hibernation survey
Whipsnade hibernation update
On friday, we put the camera and SM4 back in the Kodiak Bear Den. We will collect them an April. We also did the surveys in all the hibernacula. Sadly the barbastelle has moved on
Whipsnade Hibernation boxes
Many years ago we put wooden bat boxes into some of our hibernation sites. These are by their very nature damp places and over the years the boxes have begun to disintegrate. At the latest survey, George offered to make … Continue reading
Bat sounds in a hibernation site
As mentioned earlier we put an SMT detector into one of the hibernation sites at Whipsnade This is a recording of a Natterer’s Bat flying around inside the hibernaculum You can see the echolocation calls bouncing off the walls … Continue reading
A new hibernation record
I sent the Bedfordshire moth recorder the photos of moths from the hibernation survey this weekend. He tells me that this one is a Tissue moth and it is the first record it of this hibernating in the county
Temperatures in Hibernation sites
Up until last year we measure air temperature with a digital thermometer, then last year, we were helping an American researching the incidence of the white nose fungus in the UK Bats infected with WNS fluoresce under uv and he … Continue reading
Hibernation surveys – a final tally
We completed our final round if hibernation surveys last weekend. We checked 17 different sites with differing degrees of access difficulty.The surveys were led by an appropriately qualified group member. Each day involves spending about 7 hours in cold damp … Continue reading
January hibernation survey
With the relatively mild winter weather we weren’t expecting anything exceptional on this survey, but numbers weren’t greatly down. Barbastells were few and far between, but we have only found them in large quantities when it is really cold and … Continue reading
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